Electronic device, communication method, and computer-readable storage medium

Abstract

Provided are an electronic device, a communication method, and a computer-readable storage medium. The electronic device can comprise a processing circuit, which is configured to: generate association information for first data transmission of a first user equipment, wherein the association information indicates an association relationship between the first data transmission and second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment; and sending, to a base-station-side device, the association information together with a QoS parameter of a QoS flow that bears the first data transmission, so that the base-station-side device allocates a transmission resource for the first and/or second data transmission according to the association information.

1 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a processing circuit configured to:   provide association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and   send the association information to a base station side device, such that the base station side device allocates transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information.   
     
     
         2 .- 22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the association information further indicates granularity of the associated transmission to be performed by the first data transmission with the second data transmission. 
     
     
         24 . The electronic device according to  claim 1 , wherein the association information includes association type information indicating an association type to which the association relationship belongs. 
     
     
         25 . The electronic device according to  claim 24 , wherein the association type includes one or more of synchronization association, switchable association, trigger association, complementary change association, similar change association and coexistence association. 
     
     
         26 . The electronic device according to  claim 25 , wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of coexistence association, and
 the coexistence association indicates that when one of the first data transmission or the second data transmission is not in progress, the other of the first data transmission or the second data transmission does not take place or does not make sense.   
     
     
         27 . The electronic device according to  claim 26 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to: monitor whether the first data transmission is in progress, and accordingly notify the base station side device to continue or stop allocating transmission resources to the second data transmission. 
     
     
         28 . The electronic device according to  claim 23 , wherein the association information is included in a QoS profiled of a QoS flow carrying the first data transmission. 
     
     
         29 . The electronic device according to  claim 28 , wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission belong to different data packets of a same data service in a same QoS flow, and the granularity of the associated transmission is a data packet. 
     
     
         30 . The electronic device according to  claim 25 , wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of complementary change association, and
 the complementary change association indicates a transmission requirement of the first data transmission that has a complementary change trend to the transmission requirement of the second data transmission.   
     
     
         31 . An electronic device, comprising:
 a processing circuit configured to:   receive association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and   allocate transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information.   
     
     
         32 . The electronic device according to  claim 31 , wherein the association information further indicates granularity of the associated transmission to be performed by the first data transmission with the second data transmission. 
     
     
         33 . The electronic device according to  claim 31 , wherein the association information includes association type information indicating an association type to which the association relationship belongs. 
     
     
         34 . The electronic device according to  claim 33 , wherein the association type includes one or more of synchronization association, switchable association, trigger association, complementary change association, similar change association and coexistence association. 
     
     
         35 . The electronic device according to  claim 34 , wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of coexistence association, and
 the coexistence association indicates that when one of the first data transmission or the second data transmission is not in progress, the other of the first data transmission or the second data transmission does not take place or does not make sense.   
     
     
         36 . The electronic device according to  claim 35 , wherein the processing circuit is further configured to determine whether to continue to allocate transmission resources for the second data transmission based on whether the first data transmission is in progress. 
     
     
         37 . The electronic device according to  claim 32 , wherein the association information is included in a QoS profiled of a QoS flow carrying the first data transmission. 
     
     
         38 . The electronic device according to  claim 37 , wherein the first data transmission and the second data transmission belong to different data packets of a same data service in a same QoS flow, and the granularity of the associated transmission is a data packet. 
     
     
         39 . The electronic device according to  claim 34 , wherein the association information indicates an association relationship of complementary change association,
 the complementary change association indicates a transmission requirement of the first data transmission that has a complementary change trend to the transmission requirement of the second data transmission, and   the processing circuit is configured to allocate, based on the change trend of the transmission requirement indicated by the association relationship of the complementary change association of the first data transmission, transmission resources with an opposite change trend in terms of the transmission requirement for the second data transmission.   
     
     
         40 . A communication method, comprising:
 providing association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and   sending the association information to a base station side device, such that the base station side device allocates transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information.   
     
     
         41 . A communication method, comprising:
 receiving association information for indicating an association relationship between a first data transmission of a first user equipment and a second data transmission of the first user equipment or a second user equipment and a time range of the association relationship; and   allocating transmission resources for the first data transmission and/or the second data transmission based on the association information.